To lower in value or social position.
To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
To reduce in quality or purity.
To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.